Richard
Kahn – Ecopedagogy: An Introduction
1970 formation of Earth Day and environmental movement....
I was born 2 years earlier.
Now, some 40+ years later we are populating the world and
using its resources faster than ever before in history.
There has been an interesting shift in who is to blame and
who's responsibility it is to clean things up. In the 1970s this commercial (which was widely used and
seen) informed the North America that we were all responsible to take care of
the earth.
There was a shift in perception by the 1980's the
responsibilty shifted to the corporations who were doing damage to the
earth. In this commercial Chevron
essentially says that "We are taking care of the earth, so don't worry
about it"
So we didn't worry, it became somebody else's
problem.
Twenty years after that, corporations are still telling us
the same story like in this 2010 Nissan commercial
The reality is that we still all have an individual
responsibility. I wanted to
illustrate this with commercials because the reality is that pop culture is
further reaching than academic papers.
Ecocrisis
and Environmental Education
We are at a point of ecological crisis.
There are education programs that the government and the
public are behind, however, they may not be working they way they are suppose
to.
The goals of environmental education should be knowledge
of natural environment, interdisciplinary exploration and inquiry-based student
centered framework
zoo school does have a corporate sponsor who is diluting
the curriculum to advance their own corporate needs.
The school is successful in motivating students to learn
how should controversies be handled in the classroom? Traditionally this means looking
at both sides of the story, however in this environmental crisis there is no
denying that there is a serious problem.... there is no other side of this
story, at least not any that isn't corporately sanctioned.
Earth Charter initiative - build a sound ethical
foundation forth emerging global society and help to build a sustainable world
based on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a
culture of peace.
How to take care of ourselves in a way where no one is
excluded?
If we want to be eco-literate, we have to understand
political, social , economic, cultural and be critical of them to can a bigger
understanding.
How can we achieve this in class?
·
inquiry important
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oblivious to things unless they affect us.
·
tracing steps - Consumer choices, tracking how
and where things come from and the processes needed. What are other options? When there is a sense of choice, there is a sense of
empowerment
·
if we can we intro critical thinking into
environment (ok issue to talk about ) then there is opportunities to take
critical thinking into other areas
how do we put the lens in towards us?
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focus on one thing, really make the connections
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looking at day to day real life experiences that
help to make the change
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guilt needs to be let go of and move on to
resolve
Here is a little 30 year timelaps video from NASA showing our impact on the earth
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